Thing 18

I have both facebook and twitter accounts. I rarely use Twitter and opened an account mainly to see what it is about. I prefer to use Facebook to stay in contact with friends and family. My account has a "friends only" privacy setting so the whole world is not able to see my family and my activity. I feel that it is important for educators to know how social networking works due to its the popularity with of students. Facebook and Twitter are 21^st century modes of communication that seem to be utilizes by everyone. Facebook not only has individual people on this network, but organizations, groups, businesses: schools, Disneyland, The Library of Congress, and Wal-Mart can be found on face book. My only discrepancy with Facebook is that it keeps evolving and sometimes I have to figure out something new, but improvement is a good thing. I think the like/dislike options, Facebook’s subscribe and unsubscribe, are useful. A facebooker can like a “page,” and can “dislike” it if they on long wish to receive updates. I can see a Facebook or Twitter account being useful for a classroom or school use. Social network can be another valuable tool for communication. I found a school’s page were school updates are posted.